Apollo 11 Moon Landing: One Giant Leap

VIDEO: Mercury project engineer Norman Beckel reflects on JFK

A rocket scientist remembers President Kennedy's call to put a man on the moon: "It was like going from a tricycle to a Mercedes in just a few months."
Watch 'Go: The Great Race,' a special Through the Decades about the moon landing, on July 20.
Hosted by journalist Bill Kurtis, the 90-minute Decades special 'Go: The Great Race' features original interviews with astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell, as well as Mercury space program engineers and journalist George Leopold.